Required textbooks

Description:

There are many cognitive tasks that people can do easily and almost
unconsciously but that have proven extremely difficult to program on
a computer. Artificial intelligence is the problem of developing
computer systems that can carry out these tasks.
We will focus on three central areas in AI: natural language processing,
representation and reasoning, and learning.

Requirements

Weekly problem sets and programming assignments (40% of the grade)

Midterm (20% of the grade).

Final Essay (10% of the grade)

Final Exam (30% of the grade)

Topics

Natural Language Processing (Chap 22,23)

Logic and Automated Reasoning (Chap 7,8)

Reasoning with Uncertainty (Probabilistic reasoning) (Chap 13,14)

Machine Learning (Chap 18)

If time permits, we may also discuss planning (chap 11) and/or knowledge
representation (chap 10).

Cheating

You may discuss any of the assignments with your classmates (or anyone else)
but all work for all assignments must be
entirely your own. Any sharing or copying of assignments will be
considered cheating. By the rules of the College of Arts and Science,
I am required to report any incidents of cheating to the department.
Department policy is that the first incident of cheating will result in the
student getting a grade of F for the course.
The second incident, by CAS rules, will result
in expulsion from the University.